Zelda potentiates morphogen activity by increasing chromatin accessibility

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1341-1346

  Foo, Sun Melody ^a   Sun, Yujia ^a   Lim, Bomyi ^b   Ziukaite, Ruta ^a   O'Brien, Kevin ^a   Nien, Chung Yi ^a   Kirov, Nikolai ^a   Shvartsman, Stanislav Y ^b   Rushlow, Christine A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN; DL (DORSAL) PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZELDA PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NONMAMMALIAN EMBRYO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84902593267     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.04.032     Document Type: Article

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